What is CVE-2021-3500?

CVE-2021-3500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djvulibre Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-3500?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Djvulibre Project

CVE-2021-3500

A flaw was found in djvulibre-3.5.28 and earlier. A Stack overflow in function DJVU::DjVuDocument::get_djvu_file() via crafted djvu file may lead to application crash and other consequences.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Djvulibre_project Djvulibre
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
N/a Djvulibre — versions djvulibre-3.5.28 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3500?: CVE-2021-3500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djvulibre Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-3500?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.